Bill Text: IL HB5523 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in Service Industries Act. Prohibits a service business from discriminating on the basis of gender. Requires specified service businesses to post a notice that states that they don't discriminate on prices charged for services of similar or like kind on the basis of the person's gender and that a complete price list is available upon request. Provides that a service business that fails to correct a violation of the notice requirements within 30 days of receiving written notice of the violation is liable for a civil penalty up to $1,000. Provides that a business that violates the Act commits a civil rights violation. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Human Rights Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5523 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5523-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5523 Introduced , by Rep. Lilian Jiménez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
775 ILCS 5/6-102
Creates the Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in Service Industries Act. Prohibits a service business from discriminating on the basis of gender. Defines "service business" as a commercial enterprise that focuses on providing various services to customers and has no tangible, physical characteristics or products. This includes, but is not limited to, hairstylists, barbers, tailors, dry cleaners, and laundries. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits price differences based specifically upon the amount of time, difficulty, or cost of providing the services. Requires these service businesses (tailors or businesses providing aftermarket clothing alterations, barbershops or hair salons, dry cleaners and laundries providing services to individuals) to post a notice that states they don't discriminate on prices charged for services of similar or like kind on the basis of the person's gender and that a complete price list is available upon request. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to provide that a person who violates the Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in Service Industries Act commits a civil rights violation within the meaning of the Illinois Human Rights Act, except as otherwise specified.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in Service
Industries Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Service business" means a commercial enterprise that
focuses on providing various services to the customers and has
no tangible, physical characteristics or products. This
includes, but is not limited to, hairstylists, barbers,
tailors, dry cleaners, and laundries.
"Standard service" means the 15 most frequently requested
services provided by a service business.
Section 10. Prohibited discrimination. A service business
may not discriminate, with respect to the price charged for
services of similar or like kind, against a person because of
the person's gender. Nothing in this Act prohibits price
differences based specifically upon the amount of time,
difficulty, or cost of providing the services.
Section 15. Notice to the public.

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(a) The following service businesses must clearly and
conspicuously disclose to the public in writing the pricing
for each standard service provided:
(1) tailors or businesses providing aftermarket clothing
alterations;
(2) barbershops or hair salons; or
(3) dry cleaners and laundries providing services to
individuals.
(b) The price list shall be posted in an area conspicuous
to customers. Posted price lists shall be in no less than
14-point boldface type and clearly and completely display
pricing for every standard service offered by the business.
(c) The service business shall provide the customer with a
complete written price list upon request.
(f) The service business shall display in a conspicuous
place at least one clearly visible sign, printed in no less
than 24-point boldface type, which reads: "ILLINOIS LAW
PROHIBITS ANY SERVICE BUSINESS FROM DISCRIMINATING, WITH
RESPECT TO THE PRICE CHARGED FOR SERVICES OF SIMILAR OR LIKE
KIND, AGAINST A PERSON BECAUSE OF THE PERSON'S GENDER. A
COMPLETE PRICE LIST IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST."
(g) A service business that fails to correct a violation
of this Section within 30 days of receiving written notice of
the violation by the governmental entity that issued its
business license is liable for a civil penalty of $1,000.
(h) Commencing 6 months after the effective date of this

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Act, a municipality or county that issues business licenses
shall provide a business, at the time the business is issued
the license or when the license is renewed, written notice of
these provisions in English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog,
Polish, and Arabic. A municipality or county that issues
business licenses may increase the fee for that license in an
amount not to exceed the reasonable costs of providing this
written notice.
Section 20. Violation. A business service that violates
this Act, other than the requirements for a public notice in
Section 15, commits a civil rights violation within the
meaning of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
Section 90. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by
changing Section 6-102 as follows:
(775 ILCS 5/6-102)
Sec. 6-102. Violations of other Acts. A person who
violates the Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in
Service Industries Act (except as otherwise specified in that
Act), Section 11-117-12.2 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
Section 224.05 of the Illinois Insurance Code, Section 8-201.5
of the Public Utilities Act, Sections 2-1401.1, 9-107.10,
9-107.11, and 15-1501.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
Section 4.05 of the Interest Act, the Military Personnel

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